Andreessen: Here's The Difference Between Steve Jobs And Tim Cook (AAPL)
Venture capitalist, and man about technology, Marc Andreessen has a theory about what's different at Apple now.Speaking at an event, CNET reports he said, under Steve Jobs, Apple would "invent a new...
View ArticleInside The Odd And Hilarious Subculture Of 'Weird Twitter'
There's an unusual subculture of jokesters on Twitter, and they're probably having more fun than you.Instead of tweeting filtered photos of their lunches or their vapid thoughts on technology (you all...
View ArticleSan Francisco Office Costs Soar The Most In The World
Dec. 14 (Bloomberg) -- The cost of occupying office space in San Francisco soared the most of any market in the world as technology companies such as Salesforce.com and Mozilla Corp. fueled leasing in...
View ArticleThese 7 Apps Will Help You Get Your Messy Life Together (AAPL)
Why not let your fancy iPhone or iPad handle some of the load of your daily life?There are a number of apps readily available to make sure you remember everything at the store, get all your tasks done,...
View ArticleThe Best Apps To Give As Gifts For The Holidays (AAPL)
Physical objects as gifts?Please.This year, give your friends and family some apps.You don't have to wrap them and they can be just as useful or entertaining.Here are some of the apps that we think...
View ArticleThis Apparel Company Makes A Tie That Can Wipe Your iPhone Screen Clean (AAPL)
If you're looking for a somewhat unusual, but useful gift to send to your man, look no further.SwipeSwipe has created apparel, ranging from T-shirts to ties, that cleans smartphone screens and other...
View ArticleI'm Just Not Ready To Accept That We Have To Have Gun Massacres All The Time
After the horrific slaughter of 12 people at a movie theater last summer, I was hoping it would be a few years before the next crazy American armed himself with legal guns and opened...
View ArticleWhat Is Subtweeting?
In the grand tradition of inventing words for things that never needed to exist before, Twitter culture has churned out the term "subtweet."Subtweeting is what happens when you tweet about someone...
View ArticleThe Best Someecards To Send Your Techie Friends For The Holidays
Do you like your holiday greetings to pack a little more of a punch? Maybe deliver a laugh as well?You should be using Someecards. It's a company that lets you send snarky e-cards for any one of a...
View ArticleHow 29-Year-Old Kaitlin Roig Saved More Than A Dozen Kids At Sandy Hook
Yesterday, a nightmare unraveled at Sandy Hook elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut, where more than 25 innocent children and teachers were gunned down by a deranged shooter.But amidst the...
View ArticleNames Of The Sandy Hook Victims On The Front Page Of New York Times
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View ArticleHere's How Smart Investors Made A Killing On IPOs In 2012
2012 turned out to be a very good year for investors who bet on new enterprise-tech companies.This year, companies such as Splunk, Palo Alto Networks, and Workday had extremely successful opening days...
View ArticleYelp's CEO Must Fix These 6 Unsolved Problems Before He Can Get Profitable
Yelp is still not a profitable. In Q3, it lost $2 million on revenues of $36 million.But CEO Jeremy Stoppelman says don't worry: He's sitting on a pile of cash from the IPO ($123 million at the last...
View ArticleAdam Lanza Described As 'Very Very Bright And 'A Deeply Disturbed Kid'
This story was written and reported by Harriet Alexander, David Barrett, Laura Donnelly, Jon Swaine in Newtown, CT.Adam Lanza, the 20-year-old who killed his mother and 26 people at a primary school in...
View ArticleDo You Care About Your iPhone Privacy? This App Will Quadruple Encrypt Your...
In the age of social networks and oversharing will there ever be an opportunity to keep our information private?As the internet grows the short answer to that question may be "no," but luckily there...
View ArticleSanta Ditches Google For Microsoft (GOOG, MSFT)
Since the 1950s, Norad, the North American Aerospace Defence Command, has been giving children updates on Santa's progress from the North Pole each Christmas Eve.Norad has teamed up with Google to...
View ArticleThe Most Detailed Account Yet Of The Sandy Hook Massacre
The most detailed account yet of the Sandy Hook massacre has been written byEdmund Mahony and Dave Altimari of the Hartford Courant.A link to their story follows.The details are beyond horrific. The...
View ArticleSee How LittleBits Is Trying To Change The Way We Think About Electricity
Electricity is such an important element of modern life and society, but few people understand how it works and what it does. Ayah Bdeir, LittleBits founder and CEO, is trying to change that.LittleBits...
View ArticleHere's How Facebook's Epic Cafe Earned Its Name (FB)
Silicon Valley tech companies have always gone the extra mile to make their workers feel special with extraordinary perks like on-site gyms, car share programs, bike rentals, and more.Meals are no...
View ArticleTHE ULTIMATE OFFSITE: This Startup Treats The Entire Office To A Month On The...
David Barrett, the cofounder and CEO of Expensify, offshored his entire team in October.That doesn't mean he replaced them with cheap workers.Instead, he flew 20 colleagues at the online...
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